Proclamation. By His Excellency William C.C. Claiborne, governor of the Mississippi Territory, exercising the powers of governor general and intendant of the province of Louisiana : Whereas, by stipulations between the governments of France and Spain, the latter ceded to the former the colony and province of Louisiana ... and whereas the government of France has ceded the same to the United States by a treaty duly ratified, and bearing date the 30 of April in the present year, and the possession of said colony and province is now in the United States ... Given at the city of New-Orleans the 20th day of December 1803 ...
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Proclamation. By His Excellency William C.C. Claiborne, governor of the Mississippi Territory, exercising the powers of governor general and intendant of the province of Louisiana : Whereas, by stipulations between the governments of France and Spain, the latter ceded to the former the colony and province of Louisiana ... and whereas the government of France has ceded the same to the United States by a treaty duly ratified, and bearing date the 30 of April in the present year, and the possession of said colony and province is now in the United States ... Given at the city of New-Orleans the 20th day of December 1803 ...
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[New Orleans, Louisiana] : [published by J.B.L.S. Fontaine], [1803]
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Parallel English, French, and Spanish texts printed in three columns.
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December 20, 1803 proclamation by Governor William Claiborne of the Mississippi Territory, in English, French, and Spanish. After noting the transition of Louisiana from the Spanish to French to the United States, the governor declared that the territory was part of the United States, and the residents of Louisiana were citizens of the United States, with rights protected by the U.S. Constitution.
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Signed: William C.C. Claiborne.
"Printed ... on the verso of the issue of the Moniteur de la Louisiane for December 24, 1803. First announcement, after the transfer, of the acquisition of Louisiana by the United States."--McMurtrie, D.C. Early printing in New Orleans, 1764-1810 (New Orleans, 1929), no. 57.
The Moniteur de la Louisiane was published by Jean Baptiste Le Seur Fontaine in 1803.
"Printed ... on the verso of the issue of the Moniteur de la Louisiane for December 24, 1803. First announcement, after the transfer, of the acquisition of Louisiana by the United States."--McMurtrie, D.C. Early printing in New Orleans, 1764-1810 (New Orleans, 1929), no. 57.
The Moniteur de la Louisiane was published by Jean Baptiste Le Seur Fontaine in 1803.
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Print version: Mississippi. Governor (1801-1804 : Claiborne). Proclamation. By His Excellency William C.C. Claiborne, governor of the Mississippi Territory, exercising the powers of governor general and intendant of the province of Louisiana. [New Orleans : Published by J.B.L.S. Fontaine, 1803] (OCoLC)191262058
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Whereas, by stipulations between the governments of France and Spain, the latter ceded to the former the colony and province of Louisiana ... and whereas the government of France has ceded the same to the United States ...